Moscow Airports Closed Twice in Two Days While the Kremlin Named Abu Dhabi for Talks
India is not named in the reported format for the Abu Dhabi talks, yet the past three days touched its crude bill, its diesel export…
Russia & Eurasia
Detailed operational analysis of Russian military hardware (Su-57, Su-30MKI Super Sukhoi, S-400, T-90, AK-203), India-Russia defence industrial transfers, crude oil and diesel supply chains, and Eurasian theatre security.
St Petersburg oil terminal attack: impact on India’s Russian crude imports
India averaged about 1.8 million barrels a day of Russian seaborne crude this year, ahead of China at 1.2 million, according to Kpler data reported…
Russia Sanctions Waiver Spares India’s Refiners, but USTR Will Keep Counting the Buyers
Indian refiners can keep buying Russian crude without facing a 100 per cent US tariff, for as long as Washington chooses to leave it that…
Surgut Drone Attack: Ukraine Reaches Russia’s Oil Heartland as Washington Presses for a Pause
The Surgut drone attack on 16 October 2026 reached the heart of Russia’s oil country, and the official account stops at a single sentence. Governor…
Trump Energy Ceasefire: A Diesel Price Play, Not Peace
The Trump energy ceasefire, announced on 11 October 2026, asks Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, the pressure point that has pushed diesel to record…
US-Russia Diesel Deal Worth ₹26,000 Crore, Up to ₹69,000 Crore
The US-Russia diesel deal is worth about ₹26,000 crore on announced volumes, up to ₹69,000 crore. See what Russia nets and what India risks.
Washington Tariffed India Over Russian Oil. Now It Licenses Russian Diesel.
The Russian diesel licence India must now read is the latest US waiver on Russian oil. Why New Delhi’s energy compass should stay at home.
HAL Koraput AL-31FP Production Capacity Rises to 50 a Year
HAL’s Koraput division delivered its 2,000th aero-engine on 6 October 2026. It is three AL-31FP engines ahead of target, and the government is funding capacity…
Three Signals, One Direction: How India’s Ceasefire Proposal Became the Broadest of Four
In the space of a month, three public statements moved India’s position in the Russia-Ukraine war. On 3 September, in Kyiv, External Affairs Minister S….
Kaliningrad Nuclear Warning: Russia Threatens NATO With Its “Entire Arsenal”
Russia just sent NATO its most explicit nuclear warning since the Cold War — in writing. The threat: use “the entire arsenal… including nuclear weapons”…
Russia Ukraine War Ground Situation 2026: What the Silence Hides
On 24 September 2026, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced an encirclement of the Ukrainian-held town of Dobropillya. The Institute for the Study of War,…
Trump signed a 100% tariff weapon 5 days before Xi landed. Neither man mentioned it
A $14 billion arms package stayed frozen. A trade truce got rolled over by two months, not renegotiated. And a law that could impose a…
Super Sukhoi: Why the Su-30MKI Gets a New Name
A Su-30MKI does not become a “Super Sukhoi” by growing older. It becomes one by trading its original radar, electronic warfare suite and weapons interface…
The ₹586-Crore Silent Watch: Why MoD’s Tank APU Contract Is Really About Russian Supply Lines
DEFENCE ECONOMY & ARMOURED WARFARE The Ministry of Defence’s formal execution of the ₹586-crore T-72 T-90 APU contract landed on a Monday afternoon in New…
314 Kilometres: Inside the IAF’s Longest Air-Defence Kill of Operation Sindoor
The S-400 314 km kill is now official. Four months after Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh first spoke publicly of an engagement “at about 300…
The 2030 Stealth Void: Why Putin Is Weaponising the Su-57 India Pitch
The renewed Su-57 India pitch orchestrated by the Kremlin ahead of the 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi is neither routine diplomatic choreography nor a…
AK-203 Sher Rifle: The 180-Part Journey to 100% Indigenous
Fifty major components. 180 sub-components. Nearly 100 MSMEs. TES unpacks what “100% indigenous” actually meant when IRRPL test-fired the AK-203 Sher — and what the…
India-Armenia Defence Deal: Inside the $2 Billion Order Book
How a $2 billion arms relationship with Armenia — Akash-1S, Pinaka, MArG — became India’s most instructive defence-export case study, and what the August 2026…
Rostec’s Su-57 Stealth Claims Under the Microscope: How Capable Is Russia’s Fifth-Generation Fighter?
Rostec Su-57 Stealth Capabilities have become one of the most debated topics in modern military aviation. While Russia’s state defense conglomerate presents the Su-57 as…
Super Sukhoi: How India Is Turning the Su-30MKI Into a Pseudo-5th Generation Fighter
Super Sukhoi and India’s Future Air Combat Strategy For years, the Su-30MKI has been the Indian Air Force’s workhorse. Large, heavily armed and built for…